Jammu, March 15: The Jammu and Kashmir government has formed a committee to rationalise new subjects taught in government degree colleges, the Assembly was told on Saturday.
Education and Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo also told the house that no timeline has been fixed for the committee examining reservation rules for submitting its report.
In reply to a question by National Conference member Sheikh Khursheed, she said that 58 subjects are currently being offered in government degree colleges, and a committee, constituted under Government Order No 229 JK(HE) of 2023, dated August 16, 2023, has been tasked with assessing, recommending and rationalising the introduction of new subjects along with intake capacity as per the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.
The minister emphasised that the committee’s recommendations will streamline subject offerings and ensure alignment with evolving academic needs.
Sometimes new subjects introduced in the syllabi of colleges and universities have triggered controversies by certain religious groups or sections of society alleging that such a topic taught in the syllabus has hurt religious or sectarian sentiments.
It is for this very reason that the academicians tasked with the introduction of new subjects or topics have to exercise caution while recommending the introduction of a certain subject or a topic to be included in an already existing syllabus of a particular subject.
‘Panel to streamline new subjects’
